The outer islands are small remote islands in the Pacific island nation of Micronesia. If you haven’t heard of Micronesia, you’re not alone. The Federated States of Micronesia (commonly known as Micronesia or FSM) is a nation that is not readily known or seen on maps. With a population of only about 108,000 (est. 2005) [...]

We are happy to announce that Xavier High School in Chuuk, Micronesia has officially committed to serve as a partner school to host the first volunteer in the new Outer Island Fellows Program. This is an opportunity for a college graduate to spend one academic year volunteering as a teacher at a local school in [...]

Dear Friends, Thank you for visiting the Outer Islands Partnership website. If you have previously visited our website, you’ll notice quite a few changes. We have redesigned the website using the open source software called WordPress to maximize our capability to maintain communication with our friends and supporters. You’ll notice that we have a featured [...]

OIP has partnered with the International Club at Santa Clara University to raise funds for a scholarship to enable outer island students to attend good schools in the main center.  The club has committed to donating 60% of the proceeds from their passport photo production project to fund a scholarship for outer island students to [...]

In 2004, the co-founders of the Outer Islands Partnership, Inc. provided the initial loan to build a small general store on the island of Houk. Owned and operated by Sophia Esu, the store continues to operate to this day. Funds from the store has been able to help the family with educational, medical, and other [...]